Colorful illustration of spherical lipid nanoparticles.

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 Digital illustration of coiled molecules assembled into larger constructs.

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 Photo showing three potato plants growing in soil: the ones on the left and right are healthy; the one in the middle is wilted due to the bacterium Ralstonia solanacearum. A pale-skinned woman with a silver bob wearing a black blazer over a blue blouse stands near a laboratory bench holding a 3D molecular model.

  • The Scientist Profiles Mina Bissell

    The April 1 issue of The Scientist magazine profiled Mina Bissell, Distinguished Scientist at the Biosciences’ Biological Systems and Engineering Division. The article covers Bissell’s pioneering work in cancer research over the period of 40 years and how she was instrumental in researching the field of tumor microenvironments. Read more at The Scientist.

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  • Could This Enzyme Help Turn Biofuel Waste into Something Useful?

    Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Sandia National Laboratories working at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) have resolved the protein structure of the enzyme LigM, which is utilized by the soil bacterium Sphingomonas to metabolize aryl compounds derived from lignin, the stiff, organic material that gives plants their structure. Their work is reported in this week’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Read more in the Berkeley Lab News Center.

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  • JBEI Paper Awarded ‘Publication of the Year’ by the Journal of Biological Engineering

    The 2016 Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI) publication “End-to-end automated microfluidic platform for synthetic biology: from design to functional analysis” has been selected as the Journal of Biological Engineering Publication of the Year. Gregory Linshiz, former post-doctoral researcher and Director of Synthetic Biology Informatics Nathan Hillson conceived the project that served as the basis of this research. In the paper the authors present a programmable, multipurpose microfluidic platform and associated software and apply the platform to major steps of the synthetic biology research cycle: design, construction, testing, and analysis. The formal announcement of the award will be made at this year’s Annual…

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  • Bissell Awarded Fourteenth Annual AACR Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research

    Mina J. Bissell, Distinguished Scientist in the Biological Systems and Engineering Division will be awarded the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Award for Lifetime Achievement in Cancer Research at the annual meeting on April 1. The Award was first established in 2004 to honor individuals who have made significant fundamental contributions to cancer research, either through a single scientific discovery or a collective body of work. The AACR honors Bissell for her pioneering work, which has identified the roles of the extracellular matrix and three-dimensional architecture in programs of gene expression in tissue morphogenesis and cancer. Her research contributions…

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  • Researchers Probe for Cancer Clues In a Sample of Blood

    Researchers Probe for Cancer Clues In a Sample of Blood

    One day, patients may be able to monitor their body’s response to cancer therapy just by having their blood drawn. A new study, led by Amy Herr, faculty engineer in the Biological Systems & Engineering Division, has taken an important step in that direction by measuring a panel of cancer proteins in rare, individual tumor cells that float in the blood. Read more in Berkeley News.

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